# Wall-Clock Ordering Assumption

> Ordering distributed events by wall-clock timestamps, which clock skew makes unreliable.

Record: `lexicon:wall-clock-ordering-assumption`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-wall-clock-ordering-assumption

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Partial Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/partial-ordering.md) and before [Clock Skew](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/clock-skew.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Negated by

- [Lamport Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/lamport-clocks.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)